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QUESTION 3 ADDRESSED THE COORDINATION OF OCEAN DISPOSAL 
MANAGEMENT _AND_ RESEARCH PROGRAMS _IN ° 
THE PLANNING SYSTEM OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 
INCLUDES SEVERAL RESEARCH COMMITTEES WITH THE MAJOR FUNCTION OF 
PLANNING AND COORDINATING PLANS- THE WATER QUALITY RESEARCH COMMITTEE 
FUNCTIONS AS THE PRINCIPAL MECHANISM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH 
NEEDS AND RESOURCES BETWEEN THE USER GROUPS (OFFICE OF WATER) AND THE 
PRoDUCERS (OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT) IN THE AREA OF OCEAN 
DISPOSAL + 
ON A MORE TECHNICAL LEVEL, INTRA~ AND INTERTAGENCY COORDINATION IS 
OFTEN ASSIGNED TO AN EPA LABORATORY FOR MAJOR PROGRAMS- IO CITE A FEW 
EXAMPLES, THE NARRAGANSETT LABORATORY HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 
DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION OF OCEAN DUMPING RESEARCH, BOTH WITHIN THE 
AGENCY, WITH OTHER AGENCIES, NOTABLY NOAA AND THE Corps oF ENGINEERS, 
AND WITH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS: 
FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PERTAINING TO OCEAN OUTFALLS 
(301(H) WAIVERS), THE CORVALLIS LABORATORY HAS THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR DIRECTING AND COORDINATING RESEARCH: MUCH OF THE INITIAL EFFORT 
WAS CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH SEVERAL NOAA REGIONS AND HEADQUARTERS: 
Qur GuLF BREEZE LABORATORY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN THE 
CENTER OF OUR RESEARCH ON THE FATES AND EFFECTS OF DRILLING MUDS 
DISPOSAL: THIS PROGRAM REQUIRED SUBSTANTIAL COORDINATION NOT ONLY WITH 
THE ELEMENTS IN EPA DEVELOPING REGULATIONS AND PERMITS, BUT ALSO WiTH 
OTHER AcENcIes (BLM anp NOAA) AND THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY- To 
FACILITATE COORDINATION AT EPA HEADQUARTERS ON.ALL OCS maTTERS, AN OCS 
COORDINATING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS- 
